Verifying Fault-Tolerance of Quantum Error Correction Codes

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Main Authors: Chen, Kean, Liu, Yuhao, Fang, Wang, Paykin, Jennifer, Wu, Xin-Chuan, Schmitz, Albert, Zdancewic, Steve, Li, Gushu
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author Chen, Kean
Liu, Yuhao
Fang, Wang
Paykin, Jennifer
Wu, Xin-Chuan
Schmitz, Albert
Zdancewic, Steve
Li, Gushu
author_facet Chen, Kean
Liu, Yuhao
Fang, Wang
Paykin, Jennifer
Wu, Xin-Chuan
Schmitz, Albert
Zdancewic, Steve
Li, Gushu
contents Quantum computers have advanced rapidly in qubit count and gate fidelity. However, large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computing still relies on quantum error correction code (QECC) to suppress noise. Manually or experimentally verifying the fault-tolerance property of complex QECC implementation is impractical due to the vast error combinations. This paper formalizes the fault-tolerance of QECC implementations within the language of quantum programs. By incorporating the techniques of quantum symbolic execution, we provide an automatic verification tool for quantum fault-tolerance. We evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of our tool on a universal set of logical operations across different QECCs.
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spellingShingle Verifying Fault-Tolerance of Quantum Error Correction Codes
Chen, Kean
Liu, Yuhao
Fang, Wang
Paykin, Jennifer
Wu, Xin-Chuan
Schmitz, Albert
Zdancewic, Steve
Li, Gushu
Quantum Physics
Programming Languages
Quantum computers have advanced rapidly in qubit count and gate fidelity. However, large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computing still relies on quantum error correction code (QECC) to suppress noise. Manually or experimentally verifying the fault-tolerance property of complex QECC implementation is impractical due to the vast error combinations. This paper formalizes the fault-tolerance of QECC implementations within the language of quantum programs. By incorporating the techniques of quantum symbolic execution, we provide an automatic verification tool for quantum fault-tolerance. We evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of our tool on a universal set of logical operations across different QECCs.
title Verifying Fault-Tolerance of Quantum Error Correction Codes
topic Quantum Physics
Programming Languages
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14380